According to Senator Saxby Chambliss (R. GA), there's "an awful
lot of chatter out there." NSA monitors it electronically. "If
we didn't have these programs then we simply wouldn't be able to listen
in on the bad guys."

"Early this week, the President instructed his National Security
team to take all appropriate steps to protect the American people in
light of a potential threat occurring in or emanating from the Arabian
Peninsula."

"Given the nature of the potential threat, throughout the week,
Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism
Lisa Monaco has held regular meetings with relevant members of the interagency
to ensure the US Government is taking those appropriate steps."

"This afternoon, National Security Advisor Rice chaired a meeting
with the Principals Committee to further review the situation and follow-up
actions."

"The President has received frequent briefings over the last
week on all aspects of the potential threat and our preparedness measures.
After today's Principals meeting, the President was again briefed by
Amb. Rice and Ms. Monaco."

On August 4, the State Department issued an update on embassy and consulate closures, saying:

"Given that a number of our embassies and consulates were going
to be closed in accordance with local custom and practice for the bulk
of the week for the Eid celebration at the end of Ramadan, and out of
an abundance of caution, we've decided to extend the closure of several
embassies and consulates including a small number of additional posts."

"This is not an indication of a new threat stream, merely an
indication of our commitment to exercise caution and take appropriate
steps to protect our employees including local employees and visitors
to our facilities."

"The following posts that are normally open on Sunday, but were
closed on Sunday, August 4, are authorized to reopen for normal operations
on August 5: Dhaka, Algiers, Nouakchott, Kabul, Herat, Mazar el Sharif,
Baghdad, Basrah, and Erbil."

"(W)e are taking precautionary steps out of an abundance of caution
to protect our people and our facilities and visitors to those overseas
facilities."

"(W)e continue to refine our assessment of the threat. We continue,
as you can imagine, to get new information and as we do so we'll evaluate
our security needs going forward."

"Clearly, AQAP is the most active terrorist organization there
and has been the most operationally active affiliate of al-Qaida core,
but beyond that I'm not going to get into the details of the intelligence
about who might be behind this threat."

"I'm not going to comment further on why certain posts were selected
and others weren't."

"(W)e're going to continue pursuing terrorists who want to attack
the United States, where they plan, operate. And I think you’ve seen
during this Administration that we’ve done exactly that."

"(W)e're concerned about a threat to US interests and facilities
and citizens, but I don't want to go further than that."

In other words, take official comments at face value. Don't ask for
proof. Don't expect any. None exists. So-called terror threats are fake.
Post-9/11, they've all been fabricated.

On April 26, 2011, a National Terrorism Advisory System (NTAS) replaced
them. Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said the following:

"Today I announce the end of the old system of color-coded alerts.
In its place, we will implement a new system that's built on a clear
and simple premise: When a threat develops that could impact you - the
public - we will tell you."

"We will provide whatever information we can so you know how
to protect yourselves, your families, and your communities."

"According to sources familiar with the intelligence," he
said, "two al Qaeda leaders, the number one figure of al Qaeda
in Pakistan and the top al Qaeda leader in Yemen agreed that they 'wanted
to do something big' times to 'the day of Awesome," which was Sunday."

On August 5, ABC News hyped the Big Lie further, saying:

"There are growing concerns that an al Qaeda affiliate could
use a new generation of liquid explosive, currently undetectable, in
a potential attack, according to two senior US government officials
briefed on the terror threat that has prompted the closing of nearly
two dozen U.S. embassies."

An unnamed US official called the so-called explosive "ingenious."
Allegedly it can make clothing a weapon. It's a "liquid bomb."

Details weren't forthcoming. Security officials declined further comment.
Perhaps it's because so-called threats don't exist. They have no credibility.
They never did before. They don't now.

According to Electronic Privacy Information Center lawyer Amie Stepanovich,
issuing "these threats at this time perpetuates a culture of fear
and unquestioning deference to surveillance in the United States."

Hyping threats without corroboration show they have no basis in fact.
They're issued to deceive. They further destructive policies. They suggest
potential false flags. Perhaps something big is planned.

"Towns don't need tanks," it says. Neighborhoods "are
increasingly being policed by cops armed with the weapons and tactics
of war."

"Federal funding in the billions of dollars has allowed state
and local police departments to gain access to weapons and tactics created
for overseas combat theaters - and yet very little is known about exactly
how many police departments have military weapons and training, how
militarized the police have become, and how extensively federal money
is incentivizing this trend."

Locking down America is official policy. Federal, state and local
authorities are complicit. So-called counterterrorism targets fundamental
freedoms. They're on the chopping block for elimination. They're practically
gone already.

Another major homeland false flag may end them altogether. Perhaps
it's planned.